‘This Is Our Shot’: Rep. Ilhan Omar, Following Georgia Runoffs, Calls For Mobilization For Change

CBS Minnesota

January 06, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The ballots are still being counted in Georgia, but a number of outlets — including CBS News — are projecting Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler will be defeated by her Democratic challenger Rev. Raphael Warnock.

And the race between Republican Sen. David Purdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff is still too close to call, but Ossoff has pulled ahead in the count, with a number of ballots yet to be counted in heavily Democratic-favored districts.

Should both seats flip, that would give Democrats an edge — a 50-50 split in the balance of power, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris serving as the tiebreaking vote. That would also mean that the Democratic Party would have control of the presidency and, however narrow the margins, both chambers of the Legislature.

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